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  • Video: Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer is actually quite good (but where’s the in-game footage?)

    Video: Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer is actually quite good (but where’s the in-game footage?)

    Posted on June 4, 2010 | No Comments
    The mere idea of Deus Ex: Human Revolution (aka Deus Ex 3) annoys me more than anything else, but having seen this trailer… yes, I will have to reconsider my position. Truly a fine, fine trailer. Well done, Squeenix. There’s one small problem with the trailer: we see zero actual in-game footage. Whoever directed the trailer [...]

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  • I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    I’m leading a double life: I primarily use a Mac, but I just bought a Zune HD. (WHAT THE HECK?!)

    Posted on September 19, 2009 | No Comments
    While waiting for our music ban to kick in (again, you'll all be receiving letters in the mail shortly detailing when and where you'll be expected to hand over your music-related goods), I spent Thursday thinking to myself: “You know what I really want for some reason? A Zune HD.” Seeing as though I'm strapped for cash—you saw the lengths I recently went to in order to upgrade my three-year-old iMac—spending $236.79 for the 16GB model was definitely a decision I did not take lightly. (I actually had to calculate when my next student loan payment was due before I committed to buying the device! So if you think, as some of you do for some reason, that we're “on the take,‚” I can only reply: lol.) The thing is, I primarily use a Mac, and last I checked, the Zune software—which is great, by the way, and makes iTunes look like an old dog—only works in Windows. What to do? Sure, I have Windows all set up on a separate partition, but I really only boot into it when I want to play, say, Half-Life or Deus Ex for a little bit. That is, I had no intention of switching over to Windows full-time just to be able to use a Zune HD.

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